author(s)
Prasanta Boro, BHM Patel, NR Sahoo, BC Naha, AR Madkar, Triveni Dutt, GK Gaur, Mukesh Singh and Anup Kumar Singh

abstract
Managemental practices in the present context are the tools for increasing production and productivity in piggery sector like other livestock enterprises. The present study was undertaken to document the managemental practices of Desi pigs in Bareilly District of Uttar Pradesh in India. Data on management practices of the Desi pigs was collected from the respondents through prepared questionnaires and cross questions adjusted to the field conditions. It was found that desi pigs were reared mostly by poor and weaker sections of the society with the few exceptions. The desi pigs were reared mostly in scavenging system (92.16%) followed by the extensive system which were practiced by a very few pig owners (7.84%). Desi pigs were bred mainly through natural mating using any male (97.17%). Most of the desi pig farmers followed scavenging (95.57%) and scavenging with supplementation (4.95%) system of feeding. Bareilly desi pigs were rarely susceptible to various kinds of diseases. Traditional treatment methods were the most prevalent. It was found that 82.66% of the pig farmers were having poor sanitation whereas only a few (17.34%) farmers were having good sanitation. Majority (79.33%) of the pig farmers sold their pigs in the local market whereas as a few (20.67%) of them sold their pigs to the middle men from their homes. Malnutrition was seen to be the major problem in pig rearing. So, it can be said that awareness programme should be strengthened in the areas of housing, feeding and other management practices for efficient, hygienic and sustainable pig production in the country.